Pirates (Oviedo) vs Red Sox (May): 8/30/25, 4:10pm

[Brandon Glick]

Yesterday's pitching matchup lived up to the hype. Here's hoping Dustin May follows suit.

[Maxbialystock]

Yesterday was memorable both for the starters and eventually for the Sox ineptitude at the plate yet again.  The Pirates, the worst hitting team in MLB, had 4 doubles last night and two of them were hard hit and off of Weissert, who has a lot to answer for.   Last night was his 6th blown save this season.  

[JoeBrady]

We need to get back on track. He looked good for a while, but the NYY just teed off on him. 

[Maxbialystock]

Here are August OPS's and games played in August--

Hamilton 1.076, 9 games

Anthony  .957, 24 games

Refsnyder .924, 7 games

Lowe .856, 9 games

Abreu .832, 14 games

Story  .818. 26 games

Bregman  .768, 26 games

Gonzalez  .702, 21 games

Duran .689, 24 games

Yoshida  .619, 20 games

Rafaela .597, 26 games

Wong/Narvaez, .591/.513, 28 games

Toro   .406, 14 games

Wong and Narvaez, .591 and .513 (14 games each)

Hamilton's August OPS is 1.076 in 9 games.

Ref's is .924 in 7 games.  

Lowe's is .856 in 9 games.

Abreu's is .832 in 14 games

 

 

 

 

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, Maxbialystock said:

Here are August OPS's and games played in August--

Hamilton 1.076, 9 games

Anthony  .957, 24 games

Refsnyder .924, 7 games

Lowe .856, 9 games

Abreu .832, 14 games

Story  .818. 26 games

Bregman  .768, 26 games

Gonzalez  .702, 21 games

Duran .689, 24 games

Yoshida  .619, 20 games

Rafaela .597, 26 games

Wong/Narvaez, .591/.513, 28 games

Toro   .406, 14 games

Wong and Narvaez, .591 and .513 (14 games each)

 

Doesn't jump out as a big weak area, and this is a team that is "slumping" on offense.

6 over .800

7 over .760

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Today might be a good day to do one of those double digit run explosions.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Doesn't jump out as a big weak area, and this is a team that is "slumping" on offense.

6 over .800

7 over .760

These nice numbers don't hide the lack of timely hitting and productive outs from one's eyes.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Today might be a good day to do one of those double digit run explosions.

Btw, the Yankems lead the league with 21 games of 10 or more runs.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

31 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Btw, the Yankems lead the league with 21 games of 10 or more runs.

Let's see if they still hit 15 home runs a game when they face teams with major league pitchers, as soon as the calendar turns to September Monday.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

May is not the pitcher you want for a 4 out inning.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Could have been much worse. Fortunately, it's the Pirates.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Pirates could lower their budget even further by not spending money on bats.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Any reason Lowe isn't playing with a RH on the mound? Makes no sense, plus he's much better defensively.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Any reason Lowe isn't playing with a RH on the mound? Makes no sense, plus he's much better defensively.

Oh well, I'm not gonna question the genius's decisions.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

These nice numbers don't hide the lack of timely hitting and productive outs from one's eyes.

Another example of the above.

[Maxbialystock]

3 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Doesn't jump out as a big weak area, and this is a team that is "slumping" on offense.

6 over .800

7 over .760

Those lovely numbers ignore that the Sox OPS's are worse in August and that 2 of the 6 ain't here today.  Abreu with his freaking tight calf muscle is not expected back until the 10th.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice throw by Narvaez.

[Maxbialystock]

9 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Oh well, I'm not gonna question the genius's decisions.

Plus Gonzalez made the error that led to the unearned run and then struck with men on 1b and 2b.  

That was a short paternity leave.

[Maxbialystock]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Nice throw by Narvaez.

And it absolutely had to be.

 

[Maxbialystock]

Oviedo is doing a great job of working the edges of the strike zone.  

[Maxbialystock]

Way to go, Narvaez!!!  The  polar opposite of dirtbag Gonzalez in this game.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

12 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Oh well, I'm not gonna question the genius's decisions.

My bad. Lowe just got back from paternity leave. 

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

These nice numbers don't hide the lack of timely hitting and productive outs from one's eyes.

While true, you don't win 7 out of 8 with no key hits.

[Maxbialystock]

In  the replay Narvaez doesn't even look like he is swinging hard on the dinger.

Anthony Ks twice on a total of 7 pitches.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Fast balls down the middle appear to baffle Sox batters.

[Maxbialystock]

Duran, lefty bat vs righty pitcher, aggressively swings at the first pitch well out side the strike zone.

The Sox look like crap, but a lot of that is because Oveido working the edges.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

While true, you don't win 7 out of 8 with no key hits.

The Sox won 7 of 8 with mostly excellent pitching. Lack of timely hitting just made all the pitchers' jobs tougher than they had to be.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

 

[Maxbialystock]

Good May is pitching today.  Mr Hyde is locked up in the Patriots locker room.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

Good May is pitching today.  Mr Hyde is locked up in the Patriots locker room.  

Remember it is the Pirates. Tolle has to be reminded of that also.